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Ca. li'or wa the place to be procu;od ?—A. don't recollect,' Q.. What suo,was to be paid for it ?--A.,Frorn 3 to 4001. Ta whom did you apply ?—A. To Mr.Tindall. Dv.you recoiled any other cases ?—A. No, I do spot.. Q.. Do you recolkithere were. not any .other ? No. • If may-have escaped 10 in o) . r ift U. What vas. the place you negot iated for Mr. it2Matineri iii 't t 3 of i-jA. Nu place. , Q. What' was the transadion ?--A. (Witness re peated. his statement respecting the regimental ae;- counts,) , ltc. Q. Your acquaintance with Mrs. Clarke dropped from t 806 till AprillisUB4.l4M Yes, till the occa sion of thc„Cpuru-martial , * Colchester. • O. *h re did she live when you next saw her ? —A. It was,before she went to Westbourne-place. Q. Whether did you go to...her s or did she come to von ?I-A. She sent 'or me. • • Q., Wiwi-was her object in sending-for you ao.not recoiled.- Wds it to negotiate any business of this kind for her ?—A, do not think it was. Are you positive it was not Yes. Q. Wye-Lfliomson's the first .busiuess- after the Court-Martini ?—A. I believe so. ' (4. Did pai never prosecute any of these busi nestiettio:a successful termitsation Never. 0; What was your , reason for engaging it them ?. • —A. I thought it would otilige Mrs.. Clarke, and I would get thezccounts pasSed through" her means. E. How did. you suppose she . could get the ac counts passed, seeing . she had so little interest A. Because sue told use she had some little interest with ilk Doke , of 'York', and was under his protec tion. , Q. Are 'yoti. , sri&. she told. you. that?---A. She made rue understand so. HOw many !inteviews have' you bad at dif ferent times with Mr.--Tindall ?---L , A.• A great many. - 0. Upon pone of these . occasions 'did you deer ask himehrough whom he procured; or rather was to pioeae these appointments ?—A. Upon one •oc casion, that Of Letlowick's bli , iness,- I:pressed him very much io, inform) me who.gave the appeiniment, ;Ind he told rut; a c.tuie through the Wellesley lute rest.--:(4 laugh.): • • Q.' Did yo - ti never inquire through what channels the other appointMents were to be procured I—A.• I never heard.;. • .; Q. Ant I then .to understand that you inquired on LodOwiek's, was the third irpointment ne-• gotiated, and nut upon the former, two I—A. No, 7 . Nut lathe:third I did . not - say Lodo wick's was the third. - Q. Had your noTesson to know that Tindall had any interest Not personally. Q. You then applied to Tindall without know• ing he had any interest Nu, but by his own atatpments. .Q. Alter three unsuccessful applications you still continued to amply ?—A. Yes. -Q., Did you never apply to any 'nue on' similar matters before you knew Tindall . Never. A.; Did Mrs. Clarke give any hopes to Mr/.. Man. : ners's business ?—A. Yes; she' the lowed the letter from the Duke ut York, which stated 111.11 his Royal Highness would give Mr: -Manners a place. not din gruecful to hi 4 name or talents. Q. Did Mr. Manners ever state to you that he had seen the' letter, or did he ever shew it to you ?--« A. 1 do not think 1 ever saw theletter, - Q. Did Mr. Manners, evikmentionotrorn whom Ii id the letter ?—A. Mrs. Clarke chewed it to Mr. Manners; Ido not knbivilslie;gaveit to Q. Do youTccolled alter this having anyeonver sation. with Mrs. Clarke on Mr. Man ners'tibUsiness ? No, 1 do not recoiled. Q. Where is Mr. Mminers ?—& He has been aqroach • Q. Did•yon- conduct his affairs ?—A. No, I did not. fie had no affairs to condut.i. • Q. Did you ever hear Mrs. Clarke say she had acquilirited the Duke of York with. these transae tioni I do not recalled. Q. MI you do all-these things without remune ration?—A. Yes, 1. did, Q. When did you see Mrs. Clarke- last >-- About a pi6t,Alll ago, Q,, Did you then speak to her about Mr. Man , rfers's bOoess ?—A. Yes; and she replied, you,. roust, speak to me about -that two months hence." Q, I lave, you any 'credit at Messrs. Birch and Co.? --..--A... NO. 1 . . . . (I. Do you know that ,Mrs. Clarke has an ac count there ?- 7 ,--A. No. 0.. .1V , ,41 siare have you had.in the dvosit ? A. I il:wt.,ner had any thing to do with it. Q. 1.-FAT,t, you. ..nevei had , a : friefid wh.re i.t was 1 y.4;ci.l i.; —A.. No. . T questititis the witnesi.replied, that Mrs. tin one occasien said, she Wanted a corn q.:(l asked him to tryiand procure it. He dl,l not know Out - any interest was paid by the ty, so k . e.p; ~,t t the deposit ' and never derived any ad vantAge from' twiney lotige& with Mr. Birch He went to Colebest4r with . Mrs. Clarke, in a pest . chaise, to attend the Court Martial. Did not give. evidence upon oath in that Court ; that he had not been Mrs. Clarke fur weeks or months before the time of giving his evidence. He . did vary .from. What he had stated now; namely, that he had not seen,her from Aug. t RO(i The Duke of Portland's name was never mentioned on any occasion. ,fle (the witne , , ,, ) thought two months ,ago that Lodo wick would out sueeeed, and his reason for think ing this was bl - .:ause Tindall told him so. 'The lure was assign ,d to the CoUrt of 'lnquiry at Chelsea. Atter that, however, he thought " the ,ippointment wooliVtak- place. He had been engaged with Mr. Dono . ,:ln in procuring a Writership to India, ,and went to Tindall on the occasion, who assured him it could be done. It was not proceeded 'in on ac cOunt of the parties being out of town, but wasre ncwed and in a triin •,1 being arranged a week ago, wen he understood froth Mr, Tindall it would be tossed. For this business Tindall was to feCO'e 501, Witness was to have nothing‘at all. He is a lawyer, :Ind di , l not know that theSe transaBions v. .ere illegal. This Wag the only occasion on which h t was emplopd by Donovan proeurelndia ap pointments. With Donovan he had beenacqoaiot'- ed son u yea; s, taut wsS 'wills agent. Never heard of a person of the throe of Gibson, Of Coventry weer, who wanted ti:e place of a Tide-waA-et,;.-t- Never was introduced . by Donoian to Mrs.' Clarke. He had had interconise by letter with Mrs. Clarke, preVicih4 to the Court Martial, on the subjeof some Bill; of Exchange. During that time, he had six oreight letters, from' Mrs. C. on the subjea at the Court Martial, or on subjecis of little importance, and he would not have been anxious to oblige her, unless she had represented herself to bins as pos sessing influence over the Duke of York. Sir G. Hut. rose in his place, and enlained to the House, that meeting Mr. Maltby on Saturday, On Ludgate-Hill, he had informed him of what had passed the preceding evening in the' Huase, in 'con sequence of ,whiat Mr. M. had afterwards called on him ' 'and asked his advice how to aal. lie had advised him to obey the summons of the House; and when at'the Bar, to stale every thing he 'knew of the subjeff inquired into; without going into extraneous Matter. He had also advised him not to have any communication with Mr. Wardle, as his conduet might be misinterpreted. Mrs. Clarke was - Called in, and desired to bring with her the letters rrom IVlaltby and others, .al hided to on a former examination. - _ Q. By Lord FoLicsToN' E.—Have you the.papgrs of Mr. Maltby ?—A.- Yes. Q. From whom didyou receive those papers ? A. Three letters from Mr. Maltby, and two from Mr. Barber. Q. Did Sou ever see Mr. Maltby write ?—A. Mlny times.. Q. Are these his hand-writing (~hewing the three letters) ?—A. Yes. Q. Are you positive ?—A. Yes. Mr: Barber's two letters were proved to be his hand•writing in the same manner. Q..Flave you any other letters ?-=•A. Yes. Three froth' Co!. 111‘Mabon. •.' :Witness waq dire6ted to withdraw. • Mr; CaoKta objeeted to receiving these.letters, as they were totally irrelevant and uncoutteaedwitli the charge before the Committee. • Colonel M‘NIAttON observed that lie was absent on th 6 last night of examination, When the witness bad told the Committee she would Koduce these letters and notes. He had now come down to en force their produaion, and he trusted the Com mittee would order them Pi' be received. He had no copies of them, mit. could he now recollea their contents, but he was sure they appertained to no thing in the pending charge. . „ ins. CLARKE aF.4.no. CL Have you any other letters; which you _wish to produce ?—A. General .: ClaVe7iug having diS claimed ever having any communication with me on military subjects, and. contradicted me in what I . stated in evidence, I . wish to dear myself from that. She had letters to prove the truth of what she . said, and she, on , knOwing that Colonel Clawn - ing was distressed, had prevailed on the Duke of York to give him a distal, and make him a Brigadief-Ge. neral. ' Q. What are the other letters the witness holds in her hand ?--A. Two letters from the Duke of url: to chew that he had promised to serve O'Mara, and also that General Clavering has applied to tne ,for a, regiment. A letter of rvconnuendation O'Mara by the Biihop ut "Firmond. A letter from Colonel Shaw, just before he sailed for the Cape of 'Goott Hope, requesting to be pit on half pay. The wuness then inoved the kutd-writing of tho Doke of York, in the inside; of the Letters; the hu peiseriplions were in a tiainous hand. _ . Q. How came you by the letter from the Arch liishoti of Torun I received it from Mr. ,Oc.Marao "Q; IV what medium did you receive Col. Shaw's letter.?— r A. I believe by ,a private hand, Q. Are you acquainted with his hand-writing A. Yes, Q. Is this letter in his hand-writing ?—A. y es. Q. Did ,you ever see Dr. O'Mara ?—A. Yes,. very often. , Q, Who is be An Irish aeotlernan, , and a Clergyman. Q. Where was this letter of the Bishop of Tuatn found ?-IX. Among my own papers. Q. Did Dr. O'Mara send it to you ? , —A. He gaVe it to me. • Q. When ?—A. When I lived in Gloucester place in . t $O6. . ti Q. Did he dire& any use .to be made of it a —A. Yes he wished it to be shewn to the Duke of York With his other papers and recommendations. He 113 S frequently sent for it back again since. (4. Was this when the Duke of York went down to Lord Chesterfield's christening ?- , A. Previou'. The letters were now put into the hands of the Clerk;• and after some remarks offered. by one or two members, which were interrupted by universal shouts of " Read ! Read !" they were read in sub , stance as follows MR. MALTBY'S LETTERS TO MRS. CLAILKB. DEAR !VIADAM. Th e Regiment 01 Williams i s going to India. This is lucky, as l shall provide. rho needful, that no delay /nay take praca. Your's truly, Friday. R. M. MAX MADAM, If you can tOrw4ril thc adjugment of Mariners's account, you will greatly obli4e Your's truly, aStli July. lt. mAtTay. Mk% MAD4M. _ I thank'you sincerely for all your attentiont. You would be quite a tr asure in any way to a - Feet - friary of State (Lod, and continued bursts of littighter), I ant as anxious to get the business ' you mentioned - settled as you can be, and am goading the party,every day for that purpose. I wish to re.' mind yott of the Paymastersitip, and trust all on that point will aeon be Settled. Your's R. M. [The next letter is from Mr. Barber, May the teth, and simply mentions that Mr. M! is not in the country,' but far distant.] The next is from Mr. Lloyd. DEAR 11 , 1 A u A It, December?. I will ascertain whether the place in the Bank can be pm. cured. There Is another Pay mastership, alid a Commission in the Militia to be had, if the money was ferthconting, have searched all day for Barber without success, bin am to see him to.inorrow at eleven o'clock. You may assure Williams that he 4hall not be disappointed, and you ought to, send immediately to let him know the circumstances. 6301. ought to be lodged at Couttst and Co.'s, 'in the names of Lloyd and , Barber, and tsyt. at Birch's its the names of, Blake and Barber. I send you the form 1:I tire necessary re. • ceipts. 1. L. [Here follows the form of several receipts to be taken/root the Banker's where the deposits are to be lodged, to prevent their being drawn withou‘ the consent, arc. otthc parties.] DEng MADAM, Tuesday. The cash cannot be paid to.day, or even ta-nkgrow, as it is in the Bank,- and you told me it would nut be wanted 1.4 fortnight Honour is the order of she day ; anti 1 hope dowick will immediately ci.ine up ontt surge pp disappoint. men; front this cirtiurntritact. lam &c. W« BARITE R. • VoLOYEL NOTI3. The first contained' an apology for wit waiting upon Mrs. Clarke in consequence of haviog b. en from town, and nut receiving her card till Thursday, and a promise to call the firil. io l enpon it was possible fur huh to ViSit her., Tfic second was marked private, and began by assuring Mrs.. Clarke that the writer would be / happy to bring about the auidence she wished of the Prince of Wales on Friday. He returned a-thousand. thatiks for the loan of her seal, of which he had taken - an impression, and expressed much ad miration of , the sprightly device. Nothing but indisposition could have prevented his and he condemned 6onte persons severely, who had been indignant or laughing at Mrs. Clarke ; observing, at the saute time, that in the first litter views he had had with her, her cQnthsel was such as - to en title her to lus'warinest,esteern and respect. : • •• DUKE OP YORK'S 1.E1i7E115. • The first, dated Aug. 4, 1805, 'was addressed to Mrs. CLARKE, at Worthing Row can I sufficiently: exress to my sweetest, My dar ling love, the. pleasure and delight of her excellent and pretty letter. • A million and a Malign of thanks, my. angel, for this kindness, which my heart acknowledges in its love for yOu.. 1 am hurt. my love did not go to the Lewes Races. I t was kind of my dear love to think_ of the on the occasion,. bin she knows me too well to think"l can bear the ilea of adding to her sacrifices, which 1 am too sensible she has Made to me. News, my angel, you cannot expect frotn hence, where the sainf.ness attbrds little subject for a letter. There is nobody here that I know except the Chesterfield family and Ourselves. Cartwright and I went to the' Play lastoight i which went oil better than before. O'Mara wishes to preach before royalty. 1 Will do what I dint° gratify his desires., How long the time., appears since we parted, itty darling, and Ito w anxiously do I look to Wednesday se'rmight, when 1 shall again return to my angel.—Yout's and your's, alone. , The 2 . 4 th of :August was the date of- the second letter, to the following effeet I How can [Sufficiently express my delight in hearing from you. 0 ! my Angel ! never was woman adored as you , are. How long and tedious is Cie time since we parted, and how I long for the day after to.morrow, when I shall again clasp My darling in my arms. Chivying is mistaken in his idea that secolA battalions arc tobe raised ; you may tell him so, and that it is impossible to comply with his request. I thank you for the handkerchiefs, they ate very-pretty, and you may conceive the pleasure I halve in wearing them, and ihinkins of the dear hands that made theM. The day behue yesterday I took a Survey of DOver and the Coast, from whence I had a pretty view of the French camp. Yesterday evening.. I re. viewed the camp, and the I 4th Dragoons, and afterwards for regiments of Militia, which rook hie 13 hours. shall have nearly as much tc-morriy*. •my deafest, sweetest love Your's, anti your's alone. Mr. DOGUETITY was calfra in, and examined. Q. By Mr. WARDLS.—boes the wittiess recollea or , know. any thing of a iransa6tion relative to the pnrChase of a service of plate, sent to Gloncester place.—A. . . Q. I ‘‘ish thowitness to state what he. knows 6f that business, from the commencement to the con clusion of the bargain Not beingyresentwhen the bargain was made, I cannut speak of it with.ac curacy. Q. What was the charatier of the. witness in the house at the titue when the purchase ..wds , mad:: ? A. was a servant. Q. What was the particular business on, which he was employed ?—A. To superintend a part of the COileerp. , Toes the witness recoliea.ttny particulars, of his own knowledge, respeaing the service of plate? —A. Nothing further titan what was tnentioned.by. Mi. 13irketh Q. Dies the witness mean to atate,that -neither the Duke'of York nor Mrs. Clarke, did iin.his pre sence examine or enter' into any negotiation about thatplale Certainly not, I wish the witness to state what he did hear the DuLe of York.. :ti vi Mrs. Clarke soy when bar gaining for I the plait ?—A. The bargain was not made in my presence. Q. Then tie never did hear what was said by thern . ?—A. Certainly I.did not. . . Q. Can the witness recollea what passed be tween him and Mr. 'Dirket I, respeting the borgain? On the Motion of the Attorney General' the wit ness was ordered to withdraw-. • The Ai7roaN EY. GEN tioA,t. M atta' biaotrjeetions to the question. He conccived that At tu)ght be at tended with very dangetoui sconsmitleipzs, if, on an inquiry of, such importtl(lCP as the present, the Committee was to t welve as evidence the assertion 'of one peoph tespet3log4 he. statemcnt of another • who was dead, and . by whom.therefore that state went could never be either concurned or contra-. dieted: Lord TcatztJt, *bile he admitted that it would be preferable, contd. the evidende of Mr. Varkett him self be adduced, yet as.that. Was impossiOrles,thought that the CoMmittee should accept of the best evi dunce the case - FoLuitt spoke loudly against the proposed , question. • Mr. LaYtAs'rEtt begged, 'the Committee to con sider what would be the effect of putting the slues- lion, The answer to it would go out to the public as fad, while it would be impossible for the Committee: to attach to it any serious value. If the question were put, it would be in opppsition to all rules of ovidence. WAnDtx, as be found the Learned Gentle men Opposite were so hostile to his question, •would endeavour to get at the fags which he wished to establish, through another medium. Mr. Si/;11118mm) denied that such a strip rule of evidence existed in the tioute'of Commons, as that stated by the, Learned Gentleman. 1)1 t his be was sure, that the Learned Gentleman; at whose sug gestion the witness was ordered twwithdruw, .114t1 in the course of his former examinations un this aubjeCt,' deviated at least as much from the strl /int: of evidence, and produced testimony quite as loose as that against the production of which be had now argued. LoycasTatt insisted on thenacessity of draw ing a line, although he admitted that the Committee was not bound so stri6tly with resped to the nature of. the evidence which they might admit, as the Courti of Justice. -' Mr. Ftrciant declared, that any principle of exa niination that deviated from the principles-establish ed in the Courts of Ju s tice, was a party principle. The principles on which Courts of Justice proceeded 'were most ‘vise,'atur a deviation from them must be .attended with error. Mr. Dogherty WAR then again called in, and his examination proceeded. _ Q. What situation did the witness hold at the time when the purchase of the service of plate a•Js mute ?—A. A journeyman. (1. Did he know, of his own knowledge, that the pLite wa. ptireilaßt'd 01 Mr. Dirkett ?—A. Ceitainly. DoLs he know, of his , own knowletlire, toe rho that Wag agreed on ?—A. The books th,“ have been already befure the Conunitiee biota sheon that. Q. Doua the witness know, of his own know. . . ledge, without a reference to the books ?—A. Cer tainly not. Q. Then the witness doe's .not know, of his own knowledge, the sum that was to have been paid, or that was paid for that service of plate I—A. I do not know exa&ly the sum. Q. Did he know to whom tfie plate,belonged be fore it was sent to Gloucester-place ?—A. 'Yes. Q. To whom ?—A. To the Duke of Clarence.. Q. Does the witness recollect- any part 'of the plate being sent to Gloucester-place for the inspee- Lion of the Duke of York and Clark.e ?—A. Not, to my recolletkion. Q. Does the witness recolte& either the Duke' of York or Mrs. Clarke's being at Birkett's, and exa mining the plate in the shop i—A. No: Q. Does the witness recollect any thing with re gard to the *mem of the plate ?—A. Yes, -Q.. I wish the witness to state what be does recol- , tect?-4. recollect 5,001. having been paid in read y money, and the remainder by bills at various dates. Q. By Whom was the 5001. in the first instance paid ?—A. I don't recollect. Q. How was it paid ? in cash, or in bank notes or how ?—A. In two notes, one of 3001. and the other of 2001. Q. The witness has'stated that the remainder wag paid by bills at different dates. By whom , were those bills drawn ?—A. To the - best of my recollection Mrs. Clarke. Q. On whom were they drawn ?—A. Oa the' Duke of York. Q. Of the witness's own knoWledge does he know that these bills were afterwards paid by the Duke of York ?.—Certainly I do. Q. Did the winless himself offer the bills to kb, Duke of York for payment ?—A. 144!. Q.. Did he see the Duke of York at the . time ihit he offered the bills for payment ?—A. Yes. Q. Does the witness recede& what conversatlO passed between the Duke of York and himself at 10 1 tune ?—A. I do not. Q. Does the witness recolle& that the Duke of York ever spoke to him at all respeOing the saiiiLe of•plate?—A.• No, I do not. Q. How did the Duke of York settle the A. By his own drafts on emits. Q. Does the witness mean to state that the whole, amount due for the service of plate over and 3130V4 the boo'. paid in the first instance, was then paki by the Duke of York ?—A.. Certainly. Mr. Dogberty was then, ordered to withdraw. Mr. Parker was called in, lie brought Mr. Birkett's books with him, - and probed the existence of ail Account on the Debtor's -side, for goods to tIIP value of 18'211. I ! s 4d. and on the credit side of payments to Aiwa amount, in the manner stated by the last 'Witness. Mr. .WARDLe having finished this case, immedi ately proceeded to that of Colonel Shawe. The first witness examined was Mrs. Hovenden. Her testi many was to the followip _g . • Q. By Mr. WARDLE.—Does the witness know Mrs. Clarke ?—A. Yes. Q. Does she know' Colonel Shawe ?—A. I siev2r saw him but once. Q. What passed at that interview I had been for sotee time negotiating with Mrs. Clarke tee an exchange for Mpior Slpitic, and .he begged 14,3,. know the principal. 1 told him Mrs. Clariim but particularly entreated he would not ,tell Mrs. Clarke that. Donovan knew 'arty thing of the inattc.r. Q. ..Itep6r what passed at your 'interview Colonel Shawe ?—A. That was all, except my &iv. , ing a card or pote, I know not -Which, to - Alas., Clarke, 'merely to say that was Major Simve. U. Vllilt reason had the witness to the that. ter to be kept secret froitt „Mr. Mrs: Clarke said she Dottovatt thigh ineuttoll it to the Duke ot York, ‘‘hielt would be her rum. Q. When did Nits. Clarke express that felt . ?-1.4%... The first time 'hit I say. , tier. Q. Was that ty!ture the witness mentioned Shawe to Mrs. Clarke A. Yes. _ •Q. Ild.the witness ever mention Colonel Shawa to Mrs. Clarke until alter the interview 'sl3 112 d with the former ?—A.' I had seen Colooet SA we but once, and Mrs. Clarke but twice stocec ' Q. I say, did the • witness ever, mention Coliwet Shawe to Airs. Clarke_ until after the interview sh& had with the torttter ) —A. I have mentioned Nl;Jjor Shm.ve to NI rs. Clarke three months before I saw 1 1 110 . Q. In what wily did you mention Major Sim" to Mrs. Clarke i—A. As a Gentleman who widted to,get,a Lieutenant-Colouelcy. , . ck,. How did the witness know that ?,—A. I had seen Mrs. Clarke, I mentioned to Mr. Doeidr van, whom I had known for twiny years, that I' had gut very great interest, and that it' any pt his friends wanted any thing in the army line, I tliongt)t I should be able to procure it for them. .• Q. Was it Mr. Donovan whO mentioned Colonel 6bawe to the witness ?-f-A. Yes. • . Q. What did Mr. Donovan state of Col. glitiw - e. t -A. He said that he was strongly reeurntriendeti,' and particularly by General Burrows. Q. What further Ile &lid he would .7601: for a Lieutenant-Colonelcv. Q. ni,l Mr. Donovan tell the witneLis nnv i 1 4 14: 'fiirtber respeeling Colonel S:l4We ? —A. • (a, Whore did the conversation; w lila the witir 2° has mentioned, pass hi. Charles -street, S'• Jarnes's-quare. U. Ana+in consequence' of that conversation the wituesi applied' to Mis. Clarke ?—A.• Yes. , _ Q. When she applidd to. Mrs. Clarke :Nivas there any pat Ocular sum . promised to her, provided the Lieutenant-Colonelcy should he obtained ?—A. (4. What was done in consequende of her aPpkd - , Lion , Nothing at all. Q. Did the bnsiness break off;or did it die away ? —A. On the night of the day when J saw Alr3. Clarke .I received a note from her, in which she said she could do nothing unless she knew his person and his forme. I returned for answer that I wits nut able to describe his person, but that I uriderstood big fortune was considerable. Mrs. Clarke said that that would dn, and promised to try the feeling ofihe Commander in Chief on the subject. -Q. Had- the witness another interview with CO..' lonel Shawe ?—A. Yes. Q. • lid t;he then relate to Colonel Shawe wh:lt passed between Mrs. Clarke and - herself?--A. I don't think I 'did. Q. I tePcat, did the busitms bleak °lron any par: tienlar citeomstance, or did it die away ?--A• knew nothing of the' termination of it, excel,: owe which 1 have before mentioned.